H9005–/ל–l

In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.

לָמ֣וּג (לָ) la. “to”לְבָרָ֖ק (לְ) le. “for”לְטָֽבַח׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:

לְךָ֣׀ (לְ) le. “for”לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”

Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.

לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.

לִקְסָם־ (לִ) li “to”

At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.

לָשׂ֤וּם (לָ) la. “to”לִפְתֹּ֤חַ (לִ) li “to”לְהָרִ֥ים (לְ) le. “to”לָשׂ֤וּם (לָ) la. “to”לִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ (לִ) li “to”לִבְנ֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “[belong] to”לְהִתָּפֵֽשׂ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your evil-doing come to mind by the uncovering of your wrongdoing, causing your sins to be seen in all your evil-doings; because you have come to mind, you will be taken in them.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהֵֽרָאוֹת֙ (לְ) le. “to”

I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.

ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “[belongs] to”

And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:

לְטֶ֣בַח (לְ) le. “for”לְהָכִ֖יל (לְ) le. “to”

Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

לָךְ֙ (לָ) lo “for”לָ֖ךְ (לָ֖) la “for”לָתֵ֣ת (לָ) la. “to”

You will be food for the fire; your blood will be drained out in the land; there will be no more memory of you: for I the Lord have said it.

לָאֵ֤שׁ (לָ) la. “for the”לְאָכְלָ֔ה (לְ) le. “<into>”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her streets so that her time may come, and making images in her to make her unclean!

לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לְטָמְאָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations a

לַגּוֹיִ֔ם (לַ) la. “to the”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

לִזְרֹע֖וֹ (לִ) li “to”

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

לַגֵּ֛ר (לַ) la. “to the”

Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

לַיָּמִ֕ים (לַ) la “to the”

And you will be made low before the eyes of the nations; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to”לְסִ֑יג (לְ) le. “<into>”

For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְסִגִ֑ים (לְ) le. “<into>”לָכֵן֙ (לָ) la. “<to>”

As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.

לָפַֽחַת־ (לָ) la. “to”לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְ (לְ) le. “to”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath.

לָ֕הּ (לָ֕) la “to”